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A protege remembers the father of airline deregulation -- and a dedicated enemy of the passive voice. The post has links to obituaries of Mr. Kahn, a PBS interview with him and a recent research paper dedicated to him.

July 6, 2006, Thursday

To the Editor: Re ''Weighing the True Costs and Benefits in a Matter of Life and Death'' (Economic Scene column, Jan. 19): Robert H. Frank, taking issue with a recent column of mine in Slate (''Do the Poor Deserve Life Support?''), suggests that...

At the end of each year, Arts & Ideas asks a handful of writers, scholars and other opinionated people to identify the year's most underrated and overrated ideas. Contributors may choose any subject they please, from designer chocolate to extreme...